Contract Where a hauling company that borrowed money to buy vehicles and equipment for its trucking business defaulted on the loan, the bank was awarded a judgment for the unpaid principal, interest, costs and attorneys’ fees, as well as an ...

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Where the bank showed the borrower breached three enforceable notes for development financing, and that the defendants had both signed guarantees, judgment was entered against the defendants for $864,536.61. Background Fulton Bank N.A. seeks judgment against two guarantors for amounts ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Douglas E. Miller U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a subcontractor that performed electrical work for a project at Marine Corp Base Quantico sued a general contractor for breach of contract, it was error for the district court to dismiss the complaint based upon an exhibit that was ...

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Where a Norfolk State University student was expelled for sending a threatening text message to his roommate, punching another individual and for his “volatile” behavior, he failed to show the university violated his free speech rights and discriminated against him ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Rebecca Beach Smith Judge Robert J. Krask U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where an Oklahoma company attempted to transfer a case to Oklahoma under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) by arguing the plaintiff had the burden of showing why it should not be transferred, it misread a Supreme Court case which turned on ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where petitioners lease oyster grounds from the commonwealth, the circuit court correctly dismissed their inverse condemnation claim, which alleged that municipal sewage discharges polluted the water in which they raise oysters. Overview Petitioners lease publicly owned bottomland in the Nansemond ...

Tagged with: Contract Justice Stephen R. McCullough Supreme Court of Virginia

Allegations the Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or RMTA, breached a contract to purchase a toll system, as well as a breach of counterclaim by the RMTA, will both be heard by a jury because of disputed issues over who breached ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a married couple owned their home as tenants by the entirety and retitled the property to separate revocable trusts as tenants in common, fire insurance claim payments can be garnished to satisfy a judgment against one of the owners. ...

Tagged with: Contract Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Supreme Court of Virginia

Although the bank failed to satisfy a face-to-face meeting requirement contained in the deed of trust, that was insufficient to set aside the trustee’s deed and rescind the foreclosure sale. There was no allegation of fraud or collusion with the ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

Despite the defendant’s violation of a court order requiring it to provide access to books and records bearing on its financial condition, and the plaintiff’s improper public filing of sensitive login information, neither side was entitled to sanctions. Instead, the ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District